There has never been more pressure on Marc Bergevin than there is now. And he has never been in a worse position to relieve it.

One can only hope, for the sake of his own personal well being, Bergevin was not listening to sports talk radio in Montreal on Monday. It is never somewhere one should go when your self-esteem needs a boost, but this was a particularly toxic day on the airwaves.

Of course, that is not the source of the pressure, at least not directly. The real source is that Bergevin has painted himself into a corner with little way out. His team needs help, and there is little way for him to provide it.

“I’ve talked to other GMs and, you know, they’ll give you a list of guys that are not available and those are the guys you know could help you. After that, really, it’s window dressing,” Bergevin said Friday, after the general managers' meetings and one day before his team lost 6-0 to the Toronto Maple Leafs. “So it’s hard to make...

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